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By: SPAM_DerrickJohnson https://www.peakprosperity.com/what-data-can-we-trust-2/#comment-45237
Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:41:34 +0000https://www.peakprosperity.com/what-data-can-we-trust-2/#comment-45237The information is very interesting with great pleasure I read your blog.I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I think I will leave my first comment. I don’t know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading.I will keep visiting this blog very often. Samrx
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By: gene12 https://www.peakprosperity.com/what-data-can-we-trust-2/#comment-44311
Thu, 03 May 2012 22:27:10 +0000https://www.peakprosperity.com/what-data-can-we-trust-2/#comment-44311A Federal employee reports having to do data 2-4 times to come up with acceptable figures. I trust nothing the government reports.
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By: derelict https://www.peakprosperity.com/what-data-can-we-trust-2/#comment-44172
Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:17:15 +0000https://www.peakprosperity.com/what-data-can-we-trust-2/#comment-44172As you say Charles, you must come up with your own numbers and interpretations. Looking at labor force as a percent of total population, these are reported numbers on both the national and state levels. You can see the declining percentage of population counted as labor force.

This has an outsize effect on unemployment. For example, in California the headline labor force number as a percent of total population has declined from 51% to 50% to 49%. Would be interesting to compare to other states. Were the percentage back at 51%, this would result in an increase of offical reported unemployment from 11% to 16%.

A second slippery category is farm-employment, which is reported next to nowhere, but is included in the total employment statistics. Here’s a challenge for you. March 2012 California reported employment is 16.456M. Non-farm employment is 14.237M. http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.ca.htm#eag_ca.f.P

Try and find a credible source – or any source at all – that reports California farm employment of 2.22 million individuals.